Mark Emmert has spent all his professional life in higher education, the last 11 years as chancellor and president at Louisiana State and the University of Washington. He can talk biobehaviorism and budget management.

OK, he can stay. Brian Kelly walked away from his Notre Dame premiere with a 1-0 record. Of course, so did Gerry Faust, Bob Davie, Tyrone Willingham and Charlie Weis, and how'd that go? One thing new Irish coaches know how to do is debut well. This makes them 26-3 in first games going back to 1898.

New Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says his job is a dream come true. Kelly made the comments Friday at his first news conference as the coach of the Fighting Irish. The former Cincinnati coach has signed a five-year deal.